Basic Biographical Details Name: | Allan Stevenson & Cassels | Designation: | | Born: | c. 1922 | Died: | April 1927 | Bio Notes: | Nothing is as yet known of Allan Stevenson's family background or training, but he commenced practice in Ayr prior to 1876, and c. 1885 he was briefly in partnership with _____ Kair as Stevenson & Kair.
In 1885 Thomas McGill Cassels, born in 1869, was articled to Stevenson, attending classes at Ayr Academy. In 1890 he moved to the office of civil engineer Charles C Lindsay in Glasgow, leaving in the following year to become principal assistant to Peter Macgregor Chalmers, and studying at Glasgow School of Art and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College throughout this period. He returned to Allan Stevenson's office in 1895 as managing assistant. It is not clear when he first became a partner, but he was still managing assistant at the time of his election as LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911. The practice did not become Allan Stevenson & Cassels until c. 1923, an event which probably marked retirement at the age of about 74.
In April 1927 Cassels merged the practice with that of Alexander Mair, a former apprentice of Stevenson's - the practice name now becoming Allan Stevenson, Mair & Cassels - but Mair demerged his clientele in 1929, probably because he had received the major commission for Ayr County Buildings and was now attracting much more business than Cassels, particularly from dairies. Cassels thereafter continued the practice alone, reverting its name to Allan Stevenson & Cassels. In later years the practice was taken over by Duncan McCulloch and subsequently by E A Darley, who formed the Darley Hay partnership. The Darley Hay archive was transferred to Ayrshire Archives in 2007 after the Darley Hay firm merged with Carricks to become Carricks Darley Hay.
See separate entry for Allan Stevenson & Cassels (1929-1945). | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland | Private | | | | | 56, Sandgate Street, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland | Business | | | |
Employment and TrainingEmployees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Allan Stevenson | c. 1922(?) | c. 1922(?) | Partner | Stevenson may have died or retired at the time when the practice's name changed to Allan Stevenson & Cassels | | Thomas McGill Cassels | c. 1922 | April 1927 | Partner | |
Buildings and Designs
ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Inventory of office drawings | | | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information about Darley Hay Archive from Rob Close |
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